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24808

501 Population
16.7 square miles 30.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±19 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$36,301 ±$14,843 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

14.8% ±13.8% (74  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 34.2% † 5,399 (±6.2% / ±983)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

30.1 minutes ±2.1 (5,505  ±3,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

233 ±122 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±1.5 (501  ±242) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

6.6% ±10.6% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in McDowell County: 4.4% † 141 (±3.1% / ±99)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

391 ±147 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

67.4% ±50.5% (250  ±129.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
10.5% ±10% (39  ±42.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 1.6% 295
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

22.5% ±19.9% (89  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
89 Total veterans ±91 89 Male ±91 N/A Female ±13

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